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Tomas Watkin's Cwrw Haf. Not overflowing with taste or anything but it is refreshing despite being served in *shudder* a plastic tumbler.
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John the Monkey
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We have a bottle of that in the beer box. Cwrw Braf is a nice one from the same brewer.
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
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Actually it got better as it went on and warmed up a bit, think I've tried all their stuff, decent brewery.
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smutchin
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My parents went on holiday to Scotland last week and brought me back a present, which was jolly nice of them...
'draught' bitter from the offie - Burning Sky Arise - a really nice hoppy glug. Love it.
Arbor Smokescreen - smokey liquorice. #yumtus
And Tuatara 'Ardennes' style from NZ. New to me but pretty decent drink despite the bullshìt on the label!
Nice afternoon of eating smoked veal with a selection of beers.
Arbor Smokescreen - smokey liquorice. #yumtus
And Tuatara 'Ardennes' style from NZ. New to me but pretty decent drink despite the bullshìt on the label!
Nice afternoon of eating smoked veal with a selection of beers.
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Where do you get that, online? Nowhere local has it in.
Dodgy choice of glass for the Smokescreen, IMO.'draught' bitter from the offie - Burning Sky Arise - a really nice hoppy glug. Love it.
Arbor Smokescreen - smokey liquorice. #yumtus
And Tuatara 'Ardennes' style from NZ. New to me but pretty decent drink despite the bullshìt on the label!
Nice afternoon of eating smoked veal with a selection of beers.
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A bit of smoked veal and he goes off the poncery scale.
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
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beersofeurope.co.uk plenty of other good stuff to fill a basket too. I've used them before and they're OK.
John the Monkey
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- Crewe
The Celt Experience Golden Age again yesterday, still good. (See posts passim).
Rugby World Cup Window display at the Purple Moose brewery shop.
Today, we took a trip to Porthmadog, where I enjoyed mooching around the Browsers book and art supply shop, before adjourning to The Australia, a joint venture between Purple Moose, Conwy Brewery, Great Orme Brewery and Bragdy Nant.
As you'd expect, the beer selection is excellent - as well as (I think) 8 pumps, there were taps for various decent lagers (Wrexham, Snowdonia, Freedom) cider and a Paulaner wit bier. Bottles on offer included Brooklyn lager, Kwak, Westmalle, Chimay... Definitely a reason for paying a visit, or ideally, staying in the town - this consortium of brewers have a pub (The Albion) in Conwy too, incidentally.
Anyroad. We sampled;
Mwnci Nel (Bragdy Nant 5.5%)
A super little dark beer - a fair bit of smoke in the flavour, and a nice bit of toffee, balanced by some bitter hop. Pick of the bunch for today, I think.
Coch Hydref / Autumn Red (Bragdy Conwy 4.5%)
Some caramel/toffee, then citrussy hops to take the edge off into a decent bitter finish.
Blodeuwedd (Bragdy Lleu 3.8%)
Very light, this one, although with a nice flavour that seems almost nutty before the finish, something I remember from the last Bragdy Leu beer I had.
Ysgawen (Purple Moose, 4%)
One of my favourites, this, although it was spoiled on this occasion by being served too cold - the flavours just didn't come through, sadly.
In the evening, we had a Guiness Dublin Porter with our meal. (Guiness, 3.8%)
This isn't as nice as the West Indies Porter, I think - it's closer the the all smokiness of the "normal" Guiness product, without as much of the fruitiness and interest of the WI porter. Not terrible, but I'd buy West Indies Porter rather than this in future, I think.
Mrs M says: "They spoiled my Ysgawen."
Rugby World Cup Window display at the Purple Moose brewery shop.
Today, we took a trip to Porthmadog, where I enjoyed mooching around the Browsers book and art supply shop, before adjourning to The Australia, a joint venture between Purple Moose, Conwy Brewery, Great Orme Brewery and Bragdy Nant.
As you'd expect, the beer selection is excellent - as well as (I think) 8 pumps, there were taps for various decent lagers (Wrexham, Snowdonia, Freedom) cider and a Paulaner wit bier. Bottles on offer included Brooklyn lager, Kwak, Westmalle, Chimay... Definitely a reason for paying a visit, or ideally, staying in the town - this consortium of brewers have a pub (The Albion) in Conwy too, incidentally.
Anyroad. We sampled;
Mwnci Nel (Bragdy Nant 5.5%)
A super little dark beer - a fair bit of smoke in the flavour, and a nice bit of toffee, balanced by some bitter hop. Pick of the bunch for today, I think.
Coch Hydref / Autumn Red (Bragdy Conwy 4.5%)
Some caramel/toffee, then citrussy hops to take the edge off into a decent bitter finish.
Blodeuwedd (Bragdy Lleu 3.8%)
Very light, this one, although with a nice flavour that seems almost nutty before the finish, something I remember from the last Bragdy Leu beer I had.
Ysgawen (Purple Moose, 4%)
One of my favourites, this, although it was spoiled on this occasion by being served too cold - the flavours just didn't come through, sadly.
In the evening, we had a Guiness Dublin Porter with our meal. (Guiness, 3.8%)
This isn't as nice as the West Indies Porter, I think - it's closer the the all smokiness of the "normal" Guiness product, without as much of the fruitiness and interest of the WI porter. Not terrible, but I'd buy West Indies Porter rather than this in future, I think.
Mrs M says: "They spoiled my Ysgawen."
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New beer - Berliner Weisse at 3.0%. There's also a grapefruit version which I'm going to bottle tonight.
Edit: wowsers - it actually tastes really good. Needs some time to clear and get a bit of fizz, but looking good!
Edit: wowsers - it actually tastes really good. Needs some time to clear and get a bit of fizz, but looking good!
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John the Monkey
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Another pub lunch.
Mrs M stuck with her current favourite, Purple Moose's "Dark Side of the Moose" (links to earlier review).
That left a further five different halves, which, sadly, number one son decided to randomise when "helping" carry them back from the bar.
So, the ones I know were Chinook APA (Butcombe, 4.2%) - a nicely hoppy pale with a bitter citrussy finish that I had the foresight to sip before it was carted off. 10 Little Acorns (Oakleaf, 4.4% abv) - identifiable by its being a mild amongst pales. That was a belter, rich at the start with a nice bitter undertone and finish balancing it out - definitely try this, if you can.
The ones I couldn't identify were Zululand Zulu Blonde (which I think no.1 son ended up with, it was his choice along with a half of London Pride) and Everards Stateside Rye.
Mrs M stuck with her current favourite, Purple Moose's "Dark Side of the Moose" (links to earlier review).
That left a further five different halves, which, sadly, number one son decided to randomise when "helping" carry them back from the bar.
So, the ones I know were Chinook APA (Butcombe, 4.2%) - a nicely hoppy pale with a bitter citrussy finish that I had the foresight to sip before it was carted off. 10 Little Acorns (Oakleaf, 4.4% abv) - identifiable by its being a mild amongst pales. That was a belter, rich at the start with a nice bitter undertone and finish balancing it out - definitely try this, if you can.
The ones I couldn't identify were Zululand Zulu Blonde (which I think no.1 son ended up with, it was his choice along with a half of London Pride) and Everards Stateside Rye.
